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Letters and Sounds Word Lists

Invaluable, detailed word lists, which provide you with the words you need when planning your own lessons/activities.

Phases 2 - 4 Word Lists For Letters and Sounds

Description:

This download contains 3 documents. Each is a set of comprehensive word lists to support teaching of the PNS phonics programme Letters and Sounds: 1 list is for Phase 2, 1 for Phase 3 and the other for Phase 4. As space in the Letters and Sounds book is necessarily limited, the word lists provided within it are quite short. These documents have been put together to address this issue. Each page contains 3 columns of words and there are 7 pages for Phase 2, 11 for Phase 3 and 11 for Phase 4.

The lists contain words which can be read and spelled after each GPC has been introduced at that Phase. High frequency and polysyllabic words are clearly identified within the lists. Words in the 'read only' sections are to be used at the practitioner's discretion, but in any event only for reading activities. This is because they contain spelling patterns that the children haven't yet learned the rules for or they are not spelled exactly as they are pronounced (although this will obviously vary from place to place in the UK). However, when blending, this is often not a problem, as children can usually make the jump from the sounds they have blended to the word that maybe very slightly different in pronunciation. There may be some words on these 'read only' lists that if pronounced very carefully (rather than how we would say them in ordinary conversation) could be used for spelling, but this would be at the practitioners' discretion.

The files are in PDF format.

Possible Uses:

• As a reference document for practitioners planning teaching sessions or preparing resources for phases 2-4 of Letters and Sounds.

£5.99

Phase 5 Word Lists for Letters and Sounds

Description:

This download contains 3 documents. Each is a set of comprehensive word lists to support teaching of the Letters and Sounds programme: 1 list is for Phase 5a (Weeks 1-4), 1 for Phase 5b (Weeks 5-7) and the other for Phase 5c (Weeks 8-30). As space in the Letters and Sounds book is necessarily limited, the word lists provided within it are quite short. These documents have been put together to address this issue. Each page contains 3 columns of words and there are 11 pages for Phase 5a, 39 for Phase 5b and 39 for Phase 5c.

The lists contain words which can be read and spelled after each GPC has been introduced at that Phase. High frequency and polysyllabic words are clearly identified within the lists. Words in the 'read only' sections are to be used at the practitioner's discretion, but in any event only for reading activities. This is because they contain spelling patterns that the children haven't yet learned the rules for or they are not spelled exactly as they are pronounced (although this will obviously vary from place to place in the UK). However, when blending, this is often not a problem, as children can usually make the jump from the sounds they have blended to the word that maybe very slightly different in pronunciation. There may be some words on these 'read only' lists that if pronounced very carefully (rather than how we would say them in ordinary conversation) could be used for spelling, but this would be at the practitioners' discretion.

The files are in PDF format.

Possible Uses:

• As a reference document for practitioners planning teaching sessions or preparing resources for Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds.